Corporate
Top Line names Jane Gocuan chief investment officer
Top Line Business Development Corp. has appointed veteran banking executive Jane K. Gocuan as chief investment officer, effective September 18, as the company expands its focus on investment-related activities and business development.
EastWest, foodpanda team up boosts everyday spending value
Food delivery is now part of Filipino daily life, with foodpanda seeing peak lunch and dinner orders, steady weekend demand, and 25.3 percent of late-night deliveries (11 p.m.–4 a.m.) for burgers. Responding to this shift and rising digital payments—49 percent of platform transactions—foodpanda and EastWest have launched their co-branded foodpanda Visa credit card.
Mynt secures PSE approval for to ₱89.25-billion GCash IPO
Mynt, operator of GCash, has obtained the Philippine Stock Exchange’s Notice of Approval for its proposed initial public offering, with plans to list on the Main Board next month. The application covers up to 8.027 billion common shares plus an overallotment option of up to 1.204 billion secondary shares, subject to PSE conditions, SEC’s final Permit to Sell, market conditions, and other required approvals.
St. Luke’s earns dual global recognition in World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027
St. Luke’s Medical Center’s Quezon City and Global City campuses are both named in Newsweek/Statista’s World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027. Quezon City tops the Philippines in Nephrology, a specialty newly added to the global ranking.
Manila Water delivers emergency water to flood-hit Pangasinan under state of calamity
Amid a State of Calamity in Pangasinan from widespread flooding, Manila Water’s Calasiao Water, North Luzon Water, and Manila Water Foundation acted fast to supply safe water to Calasiao, Malasiqui, and Sta. Barbara evacuees.
